CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium
Call For Presentations
Date: The 2024 CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium Poster session is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, PSU Ballroom
Abstract & Video deadline: TBD
Judging: Thursday, April 25, 12:00 Noon-1:30 PM
Open to Campus and the Public: 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
Awards Ceremony: 3:30 PM with guest speaker
About the event
All current CNAS undergraduate students and December 2023 graduates are invited to submit a poster for the CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Presentations are refereed, and awards are given for first place ($100) and second place ($50) for each CNAS department and the cooperative engineering program.
Contact your advisor for abstract submission instructions information or see the following link: Instructions and Examples
Please submit your video and abstract to Gale Lininger, galelininger@missouristate.edu
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Archive of results
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2023 Winners
Biology: Ecology, Wildlife and Conservation
1st Place: Taylor Hiers
A NOVEL APPROACH TO SCORING RHYTHMIC VARIATION IN EVOLVING WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
(ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLIS) SONGS
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jay McEntee
2nd Place: Gabriela Rivero
THE PHENOLOGY OF A FEMALE CAROLINA WREN CALL HELPS ELUCIDATE ITS FUNCTION
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jay McEntee
Biology: Cellular, Microbiology and Genetics
1st Place: Emma Braun
BIOCHEMICAL STUDY OF CHARACTERIZING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN QUANTUM DOTS AND ACTIN
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kyoungtae Kim
2nd Place: Daniel Garten, Sophia Antonpoulos, Sara Woodman.
DIETARY GRAPE SEED EXTRACT SUPPLEMENTATION INHIBITS NOCICEPTION AND MEDIATES GABAERGIC
CHANGES IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF CHRONIC TMD
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Durham
Chemistry and Biochemistry
1st Place: Maximo Reyes, Jessica Linson, Preston Clubb, Martin Winburn, Barry Cheung.
EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENT ON THE TOXICITY OF POLYSTYRENE NANOPLASTICS
IN WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cyren Rico
2nd Place: Krusha Bhakta
STUDIES OF BACKBONE INTERCONVERSION AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES IN DNA VIA NMR.
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Gary Meints
Computer Science
1st Place: Gavin Moore, C.J. Moore
AN EVOLUTIONARY MULTI-AGENT POLICY OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK USING SELF-ADVERSARIAL TRAINING
SCENARIOS
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siming Liu
2nd Place: Nathan Hartzler, Brenna Dove, Nat Thompson, Joshua Stevens, Ingrid Perkins
COMBINING MULTIPLE DEEP LEARNING MODELS FOR ONLINE SARCASM DETECTION
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mahammed Y. Belkhouche
Cooperative Engineering
1st Place: Joshua Cox
THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND FORMATE
PRODUCTION
Faculty advisors: Dr. Daniel Moreno
2nd Place: Stephen Davis, Austin Crabtree, Justin Leuthauser
AUTO LAWN: WEBPAGE CONTROLLED YARD DEVICES
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Rohit Dua
Geology
1st Place Oluchi Nweke
SEQUIOTA CAVE SPRING AND POND INFLUENCE ON WATER QUALITY IN GALLOWAY BRANCH, SE SPRINGFIELD,
MO
Faculty advisor: Dr. Bob Pavlowsky and Hannah Bieser (OEWRI RA)
2nd Place: Abby Momberg
CAN BOOKS BE TOXIC? AN XRF ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC CONTENT IN BOOK COVERS FROM MEYER LIBRARY
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Doug Gouzie
Geography, Geospatial and Planning
1st Place: Genevieve Stark, Katherine Rudolph
WHO WELCOMES REFUGEES? REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES AND THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
Faculty advisor: Dr. Emily Frazier
2nd Place: Allison Gargus
BEACH EROSION TRENDS AT CRAB POND POINT SEA TURTLE NESTING SITE, SOUTHWEST COAST,
JAMAICA
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Bob Pavlowsky and Hannah Lowery (OEWRI RA)
Hospitality Leadership
1st Place: Madison Smith, Alyson Morgans, Jake Boaz, Dodgle Schapeler
DESTINATION IMAGE OF KANSAS CITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GENERATION Z
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nancy Kageyama
Mathematics
1st Place: Grace Herbold, Jake Gabbert
DEVELOPING FRACTION-AS-MEASURE CONCEPTIONS TO SUPPORT GROWTH IN STUDENTS’ ALGEBRAIC
REASONING CAPACITIES IN MATH 101
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patrick Sullivan
Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science
1st Place: Matthew Bruenning
IMPLEMENTATION OF A HOUGH TRANSFORM ON A FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tiglet Besara
2nd Place: Rachel Lee
DEVELOPMENT OF ARITIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED FORCEFIELDS TO MODEL TUNNEL BARRIERS
IN SUPERCONDUCTIONG QUBITS
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ridwan Sakidja